Jazz at the Grand Salon Series Kerckhoff Hall Young Grand Salon Feb. 19, 8 p.m. Local vocalist Dwight Trible comes to show UCLA students how to jazz it up for the first of the “Jazz at the Grand” series. Read more...

“Topdog/Underdog” Ahmanson Theater From the beginning, playwright Susan-Lori Parks sets up history to repeat itself with two brothers named Lincoln and Booth in her Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Topdog/Underdog.” Parks pushes the pun further with Lincoln’s job: role-playing as President Abraham Lincoln in white face makeup at an arcade as kids re-enact the assassination of the president by shooting him in the back with a cap gun. Read more...

“The Big Lebowski” and “Raising Arizona” New Beverly Cinema Feb. 20 ““ 21 How cool are the Coen brothers? We should all thank the New Beverly programmers for screening two of their best comedies back-to-back all weekend long. Read more...

While Hollywood producers are flocking to Canada to lessen production costs, one Canadian producer is heading to Hollywood to expand his production. Michael Maxxis is offering UCLA graduate students and alumni the opportunity to direct his second feature-length film, tentatively titled “Boxing With God,” a gritty street drama about a boxer struggling with his wife’s tragic death. Read more...

A group composed of cello, violin, bass, percussion and voice usually conjures the image of chamber musicians. But the four women of Agua de Coco, who perform tonight at 6 p.m. Read more...

The unusual sounds and arrangements of Indian classical music often surprise and fascinate first-time listeners. Although pop artists like the Beatles and Sting have brought the culture’s richly emotional tones into the Western mainstream, many people have still not heard the inspiring art form. Read more...

After “Barbershop 2: Back in Business” finished first at the box office last weekend, Westwood’s own Oakley’s barbershop gets to bask in a little of the film’s success. Read more...